The detective glanced through the paper quickly.
“I see that the beneficiary figures in the document under his professional name of ‘Red Morgan.’ Do you object to telling me the family name which you say he whispered to Mr. Peters? I suppose he confided that to you.”
“Yes, to be sure, but to tell the truth I paid little attention to it, as I did not believe the man’s story. Criminals are all liars.”
“Have you forgotten the name?” asked Nick, in surprise.
“In fact I have, but I made a memorandum of it at the time, and perhaps I have it here.”
The lawyer dug into his pockets, and, after a time, exclaimed:
“Ah! yes, here it is.”
“What is the name?” asked Nick, with some excitement.
With some difficulty the lawyer read the blurred paper: